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SOGI UN source Archives: Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, A/HRC/26/30/Add.1, 29 April 2014: Montenegro

III. Domestic legal framework 12. The Media Law,[2] enacted in 2002, establishes general principles and provisions on which the media system is based. It prohibits censorship and establishes that Montenegro shall provide and guarantee freedom of information at the level of the standards as contained in the international documents on human rights and freedoms (art. […]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, A/HRC/26/30/Add.2, 1 April 2014: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

IV. Situation of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in the former Yugoslav A. General overview 17. While noting with appreciation that the Government has engaged in initiatives supporting the promotion of cultural diversity in the media, the Special Rapporteur was disturbed by reports of the emergence of expressions of hate and incitement […]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, A/HRC/23/40/Add.1, 23 March 2013: Honduras

VI. Legal actions relating to the exercise of the right to freedom of expression 79. There are also provisions that prohibit the use of language to promote organized crime or to instigate violence or terrorism. All hate speech that incites or justifies violence against given sectors of the population, including the LGBT population, should be […]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, A/67/357, 7 September 2012

III. Incitement to hatred A. Overview 27. In Africa, there have been violent riots (for example, in Kenya, caused by alleged election-rigging and fuelled by tribal tension, and in Nigeria, on the basis of tribal tensions), leading to the deaths of several thousand people; attacks by Muslim villagers against Coptic Christians in Egypt; and various […]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion, A/67/357, 7 September 2012

27. In Africa, there have been violent riots (for example, in Kenya, caused by alleged election-rigging and fuelled by tribal tension, and in Nigeria, on the basis of tribal tensions), leading to the deaths of several thousand people; attacks by Muslim villagers against Coptic Christians in Egypt; and various forms of incitement to violence and […]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of the right to freedom of opinion: Summary of cases, A/HRC/17/27/Add.1, 27 May 2011: Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Allegation letter 2260. On 11 May 2010, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, sent a letter of allegation concerning the sentencing of Mr. […]